STRICTLY ON BUSINESS. AUSTIN IS STILL IN JAIL. NOW TONIGHT, MORE THAN HALF DOZEN TEENS CHASED DOWN A MAN AND BEAT HIM UP JUST TO TAKE HIS BIKE AND A LITTLE MONEY FROM HIM. NOW LOCAL 6 IS TALKING TO THAT 67-YEAR-OLD ABOUT THE ATTACK. IT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS RIDING AROUND CLEAR LAKE PARK ON 29TH STREET AND ORLANDO. THEORLANDO. THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM CATTALINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DOES THE VICTIM KNOW WHY THE TEENS TARGETED HIM PARTICULARLY? THE TEENS SAW JIMMY THOMPSON RIDING HIS BIKE AND SAW THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL IT. THE TEENS CHASED HIM DOWN AND STARTED BEATING HIM WITH A TREE BRANCH. I'M SORE FROM ALL THE KICKING THEY DID. KICKING ME, KICKING ME. 67-YEAR-OLD JIMMY THOMPSON, IT'S HIS BIKE THAT GETS HIM AROUND TOWN. I WAS TRAUMATIZED. THEY COULD HAVE HAD A GUN. NOW HE IS USING THE ONLY BIKE HE HAS LEFT AFTER TOMOR TOMORROW MANY STHOMPSON SAYSHE WAS ATTACKED. HEY YOU, COME HERE. I KNEW SOMETHING RIGHT THERE. THOMPSON STARTED TO PEDAL FASTER. I LOOK BACK, ONE WAS ON A BIKE AND REST WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY BUT THEN THE ONE ON THE BIKE, ON HIS BIKE, HE GRABBED MY BIKE AND PUSHED ME OVER. THAT'S WHEN THOMPSON SAYS HE WAS OVERPOURED OVERPOWERED AND ATTACKED WITH A TREE BRANCH. I WENT DOWN LIKE THAT AND I WAS LAYING ON MY BACK AND MY SIDE. HE WAS KICKING ME AND SLAPPING ME. THOMPSON SAYS THE TEENS GOT AWAY WITH $500 BLACK AND GOLD GARY FISHER BIKE AND BIKE POUCH WHICH THOMPSON LATER FOUND EMPTY IN A NEARBY DUMPSTER. THOMPSON SAYS HE IS GRATEFUL HE GOT AWAY WITH ONLY A SCRAPE ON HIS KNEE. HE HAS ADVICE FOR THE TEENS RESPONSIBLE. GET A LIFE. LEARN YOUR HISTORY. DON'T RUN THE STREETS LIKE A FOOL. NOW, THOMPSON SAYS THE TEENS GOT AWAY WITH CHANGE AND BANK CARD. THOMPSON ACE SAYS HE IS DOING FINE AFTER THE INCIDENT BUT IS STILL SORE. DOES HE HAVE ANY CLUE WHO THESE TEENS WERE? HE SAYS IT WAS TOO DARK TO

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More than half a dozen teens chase down a man and beat him up just to take his bike and some little money from him. The attacked happened Monday night near LB McLeod Road and 29th Street in front of Catalina Elementary School.

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“One of them said, 'you, come here,'” said Thompson. “That's when I knew something wasn't right.”

Thompson says he started to pedal faster toward his house, but the teens started to follow him. That's when he told police that one of the teens on a bike caught up to him, grabbed his bike, and pushed him over. He says the teens attacked him and hit him with a tree branch.

“I went down and I was laying on my back and my side and they were kicking me and smacking me,” said Thompson. “They kept kicking me and kicking me.”

The teens then took off and Thompson was able to call 911. He says the teens got away with his $500 black and gold 'Gary Fischer' bike and his bike pouch, which Thompson later found empty in a nearby dumpster.

Thompson managed to get away with only a scrape on his knee. He says the teens also got some change and a couple of bank cards.

He says he has some advice for the teens responsible.

“Stay home, get some books, get a life. Learn your history and stop running the streets acting like a fool.”

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